Abstract

The ultimate objective of the NEUROBOTICS project is very ambitious, yet clear and well defined: to introduce a discontinuity in the robot design, thus going literally ´Beyond Robotics´. This discontinuity will be pursued by a strategic alliance between Neuroscience and Robotics, which will go well beyond pressent, mostly fragmented, collaborations, and lead to overcome stateoftheart of robotics worldwide. The scientific, technological and cultural environment in Europe is mature to face this challenge, whoose impact in engineering and medicine could be comparable to that recognized to ´big science´ projects. NEUROBOTICS will systematically explore the area of Hybrid Bionic Systems (HBCs)...